The photos: Double arch alcove in the Kolob section of Zion national park. This was reached after a lovely six mile hike up a meandering creek, which took us way longer than expected as we stopped to photograph the wildflowers, butterflies, and lizards that we saw along the way.

There's a photo of a butterfly on wildflowers, blooming cliffrose, the Zion cliffs on our one stormy day, and a fallen log in Hidden Canyon, a short slot canyon reached via a steep climb up a mile high switchback trail.